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Originally Posted by Ea
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Actually I started with
Roman Blood. I've wanted that one for a long time.
Of the two authors - Steven Saylor (Roman Blood), and Simon Scarrow (Under the Eagle), I would say that Saylor is, so far, the better writer but that Scarrow's book reads much faster.
Saylor brings you into Roman life, word by word. Scarrow pushes you thru an exciting adventure with little time to stop and look around you.
I really like it when I can find an author with a good series, and here are two of them.
If Scarrow has a weak point it's in the use of familiar words instead of "Roman" words. I say Roman as not all words used in the Roman army would be Latin.
Ex. - Cato's short sword flashed out to meet the enemy's attack.
As opposed to - Cato's gladius flashed out to meet the enemy’s attack.
At the start of the book he could introduce the gladius as a short sword, and then used the word gladius from that point on.
In that Under the Eagle was his first "Roman" book, written for a UK audience, I can make allowances for simplifications. Were it written for an Australian or US audience others might have the same complaint. Only further reading of the series will tell.